BARBADOS VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		BARBADOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	164	2	358	- 194
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	154	4	221	- 67
Diabetes Mellitus	3	115	3	260	- 144
Kidney Disease	4	105	10	92	+ 12
Liver Disease	5	95	26	23	+ 72
Stroke	6	81	1	384	- 304
Violence	7	73	19	32	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	8	67	25	23	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	44	40	7	+ 37
Other Injuries	10	41	11	79	- 37
Malnutrition	11	33	49	2	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	33	7	114	- 81
Lung Disease	13	32	12	74	- 42
Alcohol	14	30	46	4	+ 26
Liver Cancer	15	29	33	14	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	16	28	42	5	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	17	26	22	28	- 2
Congenital Anomalies	18	25	29	18	+ 7
Birth Trauma	19	24	43	5	+ 19
Falls	20	23	41	7	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	21	20	21	28	- 9
Suicide	22	17	51	2	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	17	34	14	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	24	14	5	165	- 151
Cervical Cancer	25	13	23	28	- 14
Hypertension	26	11	13	72	- 61
Leukemia	27	10	20	29	- 19
Breast Cancer	28	8	8	95	- 87
Endocrine Disorders	29	8	9	93	- 85
Maternal Conditions	30	8	56	1	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	8	6	115	- 107
Drownings	32	8	57	1	+ 7
Epilepsy	33	8	38	9	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	34	7	31	16	- 10
Lung Cancers	35	7	16	43	- 36
Asthma	36	6	35	13	- 7
Tuberculosis	37	5	60	1	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	38	5	18	39	- 34
Poisonings	39	5	48	2	+ 3
Drug Use	40	5	53	1	+ 3
Meningitis	41	5	45	4	+ 0
Skin Disease	42	4	14	62	- 59
Lymphomas	43	4	15	51	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	44	4	17	39	- 35
Fires	45	3	62	1	+ 3
Skin Cancers	46	3	47	4	- 1
Appendicitis	47	3	65	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	48	2	36	12	- 9
Oral Cancer	49	2	28	18	- 15
Ovary Cancer	50	2	32	16	- 13
Encephalitis	51	2	82	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	1	44	5	- 3
Pertussis	53	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	1	55	1	- 0
Bladder Cancer	55	1	39	9	- 8
Other Neoplasms	56	1	24	26	- 25
Upper Respiratory	57	1	58	1	- 0
Dengue	58	1	54	1	- 1
Uterin Cancer	59	0	27	21	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	60	0	61	1	- 0
Chagas disease	61	0	80	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	75	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	64	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	52	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	81	0	+ 0
War	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	59	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	37	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	30	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.